Of the House of Navarre, every professor, except one, was Antigallican.
St. Sulpice, the Missions Étrangères, and St. Nicholas du Chardonnet.—That 'those who have given an opinion in this matter (of the Four Articles) are of the opinion of the Sorbonne.' And of St. Sulpice it was said that it was the seminary of the whole clergy of the kingdom, and that there were many houses which looked upon it as the parent house.[1] Of St. Sulpice, in 1665 it was declared that the whole body was extreme for the authority of the Pope.
The Carmelites, Augustinians, and Franciscans were all Ultramontane.
Such were the men whom Louis XIV. commanded to register and to teach the Four Articles.
The first President de Novion, the Procureur-Général de Harlay, and six councillors, were charged to carry this declaration of the Edict to the Sorbonne on the 1st of May 1682. Three hundred doctors were present. The dean by seniority, Betille, was enfeebled with age. When the registration of the Edict was demanded, the Faculty desired time and deliberation. But Betille answered, 'Gratias agimus amplissimas,' and 'Facultas pollicetur obsequium;' on which the deputation withdrew, and Betille with them. The three hundred remained, expecting their return, and demanding a deliberation; but the absence of the dean rendered it informal. They then separated. Some days after, the Procureur-Général demanded the registration of the Edict. The Faculty answered that they could give no answer before the 1st of June.
- ↑ Ibid. p. 345.
